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Tinnitus in Menière's disease: response to titration Streptomycin therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2011

Malcolm D. Graham ,
Robert T. Sataloff  and
John L. Kemink
Malcolm D. Graham
Affiliation:
(Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Robert T. Sataloff
Affiliation:
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
John L. Kemink
Affiliation:
(Ann Arbor, Michigan)
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Abstract

Eight patients with bilateral Menière's disease are reported in whom intramuscular Streptomycin Sulfate (ISS) dosage was titrated in an attempt to alleviate disabling vertigo and hearing loss.

It appears possible to eliminate the vertiginous episodes, preserve or improve hearing, avoid ataxia and oscillopsia, and lessen tinnitus in most of these individuals.

At the present time, we consider this treatment regimen our first choice of therapy in people with bilateral active Menière's disease or in patients whose only hearing ear is actively fluctuating and in whom associated disabling vertigo is present.

Type
Session V. Treatment Methods and Results (Chairman: A. Shulman)
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 98 , supplement S9: Proceedings of the II International Tinnitus Seminar. New York, 10 and 11 June 1983 , June 1984 , pp. 281 - 286
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1984

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